@joojmachine@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoRoot access vulnerability in glibc library impacts many Linux distrossecurityaffairs.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down14 cross-posted to: security@lemmy.ml
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minus-square@PlexSheep@feddit.delinkfedilink53•edit-21 year agoThat’s not the main part of the article, just a footnote, for anyone wondering. The flaw resides in the glibc’s syslog function, an attacker can exploit the flaw to gain root access through a privilege escalation. The vulnerability was introduced in glibc 2.37 in August 2022.
minus-square@PlexSheep@feddit.delinkfedilink1•1 year agoIirc bad does not use glibc, but I’m not very involved with BSD.
That’s not the main part of the article, just a footnote, for anyone wondering.
So, it must be with the BSDs too?
BSDs use libc
Iirc bad does not use glibc, but I’m not very involved with BSD.